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Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra (File).
The Enforcement Directorate has attached properties worth Rs 97.79 crore of Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra. This includes Shilpa Shetty’s Juhu flat and bungalow and equity shares registered in Raj Kundra’s name. The case involves money laundering in the Bitcoin Ponzi scheme scam of 2002. ED has provided this information by post on X.
Shilpa Shetty’s apartment is in the same building in Juhu, Mumbai.
ED had initiated investigation on the basis of several FIRs lodged with Maharashtra Police and Delhi Police against Variable Tech Pvt Ltd and accused late Amit Bhardwaj, Ajay Bhardwaj, Vivek Bhardwaj, Simpi Bhardwaj, Mahendra Bhardwaj and others.
Raj got emotional during the trailer launch of his debut film UT69 in November 2023.
The issue is about a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme
The investigating agency claims that the accused collected huge amounts of money from people in the form of Bitcoin (worth Rs 6600 crore in 2017 alone) with the false promise of 10% returns every month. These bitcoins were supposed to be used in bitcoin mining, but the promoters cheated investors and hid the sick bitcoins in online wallets.
The deal failed and investors were not given their benefits. Kundra allegedly received 285 Bitcoins from Gain Bitcoin Ponzi mastermind and promoter Amit Bhardwaj to set up a Bitcoin mining farm in Ukraine, which he still has, worth more than Rs 150 crore at its current value.
The first complaint in the case was filed on 11 June 2019 and the supplementary complaint was filed on 14 February 2024. Thereafter the Special PMLA Court took action on this. Earlier, ED had seized assets worth Rs 69 crore.
After being released from prison, Raj Kundra started wearing a mask. However, after the release of the film, she stopped wearing the mask.
Raj Kundra has gone to jail in a pornography case
Raj was arrested in July 2021 for making and uploading obscene films on mobile apps. He was granted bail after about 2 months, after which in 2022 he appealed to the CBI for his innocence. Raj narrated his entire story from the time of the allegations to the two months he spent in jail to the people through the film ‘UT 69’ last year.
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Raj Kundra earned crores by selling shawls, father was a bus conductor, mother was a shop assistant.
Raj Kundra’s life is like a thriller drama film. Raj’s parents had gone to London from Punjab. Father worked as a bus conductor and mother also worked in a shop. In 1993, Raj Kundra arrived in Dubai with 2 thousand euros from his father. During this time he arrived in Nepal to do some work. Where he saw Pashmina shawls. Their price was not high in Nepal, but Raj Kundra had the idea that good prices could be found in England.
Raj came to England with 100 pashmina shawls and contacted big brands. He liked Raj’s goods. Pashmina shawls became a fashion trend in London. Raj supplied Pashmina shawls in abundance and made a profit of 20 million euros. Read the full news…
